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Meta to lay off 8,000 employees for $145 billion in AI investment
Meta is beginning its biggest layoffs in three years: 8,000 people will be laid off amid record profits and $145 billion in AI infrastructure investment. *Meta has been designated an extremist organization and is banned
Lawrence Wong promises AI in Singapore will not lead to unemployment
Singapore's parliament pledged to prevent unemployment caused by AI. It is the clearest promise from a major Asian economy to avoid technological unemployment.
Moonshot AI reaches $20 billion valuation: Meituan and China Mobile invest $2 billion
Moonshot AI, developer of the Kimi chatbot, raised $2 billion and reached a $20 billion valuation — one of the fastest funding trajectories in China's AI sector.
Nexus Luxembourg 2026: why the AI conference will be the year's main event
The third edition of the Nexus Luxembourg conference coincides with a critical moment: the entry into force of key provisions of the EU AI Act. Luxembourg is becoming the center of discussions about the future of AI in E
Brussels approved AI Act compromise: ban on intimate deepfakes and delay
The European Parliament and the Council of the EU reached a compromise on the AI Act: they pushed the deadline to December 2027, eased requirements for small companies, and banned the creation of intimate images without
BadCo.AI on why car dealerships need AI orchestration instead of disconnected tools
Startup BadCo.AI explains why the future of automotive retail depends not on disconnected AI tools, but on systems that orchestrate the entire buyer journey.
OpenAI to merge ChatGPT and Codex under Greg Brockman's oversight
OpenAI is merging ChatGPT, Codex, and the developer API into a single agentic platform. Greg Brockman is taking full control of the company's product strategy, ending the era of experiments.
Soderbergh defends use of Meta AI in Lennon documentary
Director Steven Soderbergh used Meta AI in his documentary about John Lennon. Critics hated it at the Cannes Film Festival, but the director insists that was his intention.
Seven professions created by AI: from evangelist to philosopher
AI companies are creating entirely new roles that did not exist two years ago, from platform evangelists to AI ethics specialists.
OBON Corp. and Nvidia billions: how Thailand helped China evade sanctions
U.S. prosecutors accused Thai company OBON Corp., a partner in Thailand’s national AI strategy, of smuggling Nvidia servers into China worth billions of dollars.
OpenAI introduced GPT-Realtime-2 with reasoning in live dialogue
OpenAI released three new voice API models, including GPT-Realtime-2 with level-5 reasoning, a translation model for 70+ languages, and streaming Whisper for transcription.
NVIDIA invests $2.1 billion in IREN's AI data center infrastructure
NVIDIA will invest up to $2.1 billion in data center operator IREN, combining its chip architecture with five-gigawatt infrastructure for AI.
will.i.am teaches students to build AI agents amid a wave of industry layoffs
As the industry lays off 73,000 employees, musician will.i.am is teaching 75 college students how to build AI agents that push people out of the labor market.
Cerebras completes the largest tech IPO in five years, valued at $95 billion
Wafer-scale chip company Cerebras completed its Nasdaq IPO at a $95 billion valuation, raising $5.55 billion — the largest U.S. tech IPO since Snowflake's debut in 2020.
GM, Ford and Stellantis cut 20,000 office jobs — AI to accelerate the wave
The three US automakers together laid off more than 20,000 office employees (19% of their white-collar workforce). This week, GM laid off 500–600 IT specialists, which analysts see as a signal that the trend will acceler
ArXiv to ban authors for a year over unchecked AI content in papers
ArXiv has introduced a policy against AI slop: authors who upload papers with clear signs of unchecked AI content will receive a one-year suspension. It is the first major move by a major scientific platform against auto
Hugging Face and ClawHub compromised: malware in hundreds of AI models
Systemic compromise of ML model repositories. Hugging Face and ClawHub contain hundreds of malicious models capable of executing arbitrary code on developers' machines.
Uber’s Avride robotaxi comes under investigation over 16 crashes in four months
Uber’s Avride robotaxi is under NHTSA investigation after 16 crashes in Dallas during four months of operation. The regulator called the vehicles overly confident but incapable of handling complex situations.
Cloudflare cut 1100 jobs due to AI agents despite revenue growth
Cloudflare said it exceeded its financial forecasts while also laying off 1100 employees, saying AI agents are replacing human labor. Shares fell 24%.
Anthropic found thousands of zero-days — Fed discusses threat with banks
The AI model Mythos found critical vulnerabilities in all major operating systems and browsers, alarming federal regulators. The Federal Reserve and the Treasury Department have already discussed the threat with bank exe
Malta gives all citizens a year of ChatGPT Plus
OpenAI has signed its first deal with a government: all citizens of Malta will get ChatGPT Plus free for a year if they complete an AI literacy course.
Google launched an AI fitness coach. Whoop responded with real doctors
Google launched an AI health coach for $9.99 a month, and Whoop immediately responded — it will add video consultations with real doctors. Two models: AI or people.
Akamai’s cloud infrastructure deal with Anthropic gave the provider a 27% jump — its best day in 28 years
The $1.8 billion cloud infrastructure contract over seven years made Akamai the biggest beneficiary of the race for AI infrastructure.
Intruder created an AI agent that conducts pentests in minutes instead of days
Intruder launched AI for pentests that previously cost $50,000 and took weeks — now they take minutes.
NVIDIA invested $40 billion in AI startups in the first four months of 2026, most of it in OpenAI
NVIDIA announced $40 billion in investments in AI companies in the first four months of 2026, including $30 billion in OpenAI. Experts note that this is vertical integration rather than classic venture investing.
Alibaba integrated Qwen AI into Taobao and Tmall for agentic shopping
Alibaba integrated Qwen AI into the Taobao and Tmall marketplaces, giving the agent access to 4 billion products and built-in payments. It is the largest launch of agentic e-commerce in China.
Roomba creator unveils Familiar Machines AI pet robot
Colin Angle, founder of iRobot, has returned to robotics with a prototype four-legged AI companion that follows its owner around the home and adapts to the owner's habits.
How AI helps Tohme Accounting automate cross-border accounting
Cross-border accounting firm Tohme Accounting sees AI as a key tool for automating complex accounting and tax compliance as the volume of transactions between Canada and the US grows.
SoftBank to open battery production for AI data centers at Sharp plant
SoftBank is launching battery production for energy-intensive AI data centers at a former Sharp plant in Osaka, targeting annual output of 1 gigawatt-hour.
OpenAI created a deployment company with $4 billion in funding
OpenAI created a new Deployment Company, attracting $4 billion in investment from a consortium of 19 companies, including TPG, Advent International, Bain Capital and Brookfield.